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Canterbury board agrees to contact abutters after resident seeks access through town-owned strip
Summary
Select Board discussed a decades-old discrepancy in deeds after property owner requested access to rear parcel; board directed staff to contact nearby landowners to explore a negotiated land swap but made no formal land transfer or development decision.
Select Board members discussed a boundary and right-of-way dispute after a resident, identified in the meeting as Mr. Booth, asked for access to land behind the municipal building that he owns.
The discussion focused on whether an existing right-of-way is a continuous 50-foot corridor — a width several speakers said would be required if the lane were ever used as a public road — and on physical obstacles that would make access costly, including underground propane tanks, a utility pole and a waterline that runs around the tanks.
Mr. Booth said he does not have immediate development plans but wants to “leave that option…
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